The Government
of Assam created a separate
IT Department on the 22nd August
2003 vide Notification No :
AR.1/2003/65 Dt 22/08/2003 to
focus its thrust on the development
of ICT in the state. On creation
of the Department, the Assam
Electronics Development Corporation
Ltd (AMTRON), a Govt. of Assam
undertaking, was transferred
from the Industry & Commerce
Department, Govt. of Assam,
and brought under the administrative
purview of this Department.
Additionally, the Assam Remote
Sensing Application Center (ARSAC)
under the Science & Technology
Department of the Government
of Assam was also brought under
the administrative purview of
this Department.
The following
rules, regulations, manuals
and instructions are used by
its employees in the discharge
of its functions:
| 1. |
Assam Rules
of Executive Business, 1968
(amended upto 31st March,
2006) |
| 2. |
Manual of
Office Procedure, Secretariat,
1981 |
| 3. |
Assam Fundamental
Rules and Subsidiary Rules
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| 4. |
Assam Financial
Rules |
| 5. |
Financial
Responsibility and Budget
Management Act, 2005 |
| 6. |
Delegation
of Financial Power Rules,
1999 |
| 7. |
Assam Contingency
Manual |
| 8. |
Assam Services
(Discipline and Appeal)
Rules, 1964 |
| 9. |
Hand Book
of General Circular, 1995
Volumes - I & II |
| 10. |
Assam (Civil
Services) Conduct Rule,
1965 |
| 11. |
Protocol Manual,
1991 |
| 12. |
Assam S.C
& S.T (Reservation of
vacancies and post) Act
& Rules 1978 |
| 13. |
Assam Preferential
Stores Purchase Act, 1989 |
| 14. |
Right to Information
Act, 2005 and Rules framed
there under |
| 15. |
The Rules
of procedure and conduct
of business of Assam Legislative
Assembly |
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Description
of the Organizational Structure
of I.T. Department |
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Administrative
Department : The Department
of Information Technology,
Govt. of Assam is headed
by the Chief Secretary.
Below him there is Commissioner
& Secretary. The
Organisation Structure of
the Department is as given
below:
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Department
of Information Technology
Govt. of Assam
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| b. |
Directorates
under the Department : AMTRON
functions as a Quasi Directorate
of the IT Department. The
Under Secy. Secretariat
Administration Department,
Assam Secretariat was declared
as the 'Drawing & Disbursing
Officer' of the Department. |
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Other Subordinate
Offices: |
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Assam Electronics
Development Corporation
Ltd , which is the Nodal
Implementing Agency for
the Department of Information
technology, Govt. of Assam,
is a Government of Assam
Enterprise registered under
the ROC, 1956, and was established
in 1984 with its registered
HQ at Bamunimaidan Industrial
Estate, Guwahati. |
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Amtron Informatics
(India ) Ltd. (AIIL) is
a 100% subsidiary of AMTRON
and is an enterprise registered
under the ROC, 1956, and
was established in 2002
with its registered HQ at
Bamunimaidan Industrial
Estate, Guwahati. |
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Assam Remote
Sensing & Application
Centre (ARSAC) is a registered
society under the RSA, 1886,
and has its office at Uday
Path, RG Barooah Road, Guwahati. |
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Activities
of the Department
The Department has onerous
responsibilities of promotion
and development of IT/ITeS
sector industries, creation
of ICT infrastructure
in the state, implementation
of various IT sector schemes,
promulgation of IT and
allied Policy and its
implementation, advising
the Government of Assam
on all IT related matters,
functioning as an administrative
body for all IT matters
of the Government of Assam.
The Department conducts
its business and discharges
its various responsibilities
through the following
State Government entities
namely AMTRON, AIIL, ARSAC.
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